These useful search options were removed from the search panel but they are still available as URL parameters. I’ve mainly written this post to document these missing options for my everyday searches — but I’m pretty sure others may find them useful as well.

Aliexpress Hidden Search Options

Parameter

Declaration

Description

isUnitPrice

y

Show Price per Piece

minQuantity

value

Minimal Quantity in Lot

maxQuantity

value

Maximal Quantity in Lot

minPrice

value (e.g. 1.23)

Minimum Price

maxPrice

value (e.g. 9.87)

Maximum Price

isFavorite

y

Results with 4+ Rating

isFreeShip

y

Free Shipping only

sortType

price_asc/price_desc

Ascending/Descending Prices

shipCountry

de/us/…

Destination Country

shipFromCountry

cn/de/us/…

Country of Origin

Especially the option isUnitPrice is helpful when searching for the best price per piece and not price per lot. I really cannot understand why this option is not available per default.

So when I’m searching for the lowest price per piece within a certain quantity range (here: 10 – 50 pieces) with free shipping I would add to the URL (Example Search):

Probably… I think they also modified the search API when switching to their new web (shop) frontend. Some search features still seem to work but I have to take a deeper look if there are ways (and if yes which ones) to improve the search requests.